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APOLLONIUS OF PERGA (C. 240 BC – C. 190 BC); Samuel HORSLEY (1733-1806)

Apollonii Pergaei Inclinationum Libri duo. Restituebat Samuel Horsley, R.S.S. Oxonii, Prostant Venales apud Dan. Prince, Oxonii, J. Rivington, J. Nourse, P. Elmsley, & B. White, Londini, J. Woodyer, Cantabrigiae. 1770. 4to (285x220); [4] leaves, 115, [1] pp., 13 folding engraved plates. Contemporary half-vellum. Some foxing in places but very good copy on strong paper.

Sachgebiete: Erstausgaben, Illustrierte Bücher, Mathematik

2900,- EUR
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Francesco BECATTINI (1743-1813)

Storia politica, filosofica e naturale del regno di Svezia sino a tutto il secolo XVIII. E incoronazione del regnate Gustavo IV. Venezia, presso Antonio Zatta qu: Giacomo, 1802 8vo (200x120). I- VIII, 292 pp. (*1-4, A-R1-8, S1-10; II- 246 of 248 (recte 242 of 244, pp. 1-2 (blank?) missing, numbering jumps from 224 to 229), last leaf (blank?) missing (*1-4, A2-8 (A1 missing, possibly a blank), B-O1-8, P1-9) (P10 missing, possibly a blank). III- VIII, 284 pp. (*1-4, A-R1-8, S1-6). IV- VIII, 390 pp. (*1-4, A-V1-8, X1-5, (numbering, text and catchword continuous, X6 or X6-8 apparently eliminated by the printer), Y-Z1-8, Aa1-8, Bb1-6). 4 engraved frontispieces, 1 folding table, 2 large engraved folding maps, 2 large engraved folding plates. Publisher’s yellow wrappers, paper label with title on spines. sporadic unimportant foxing. Fine copy, uncut, vols. II-IV unopened.

Sachgebiete: Geschichte, Illustrierte Bücher

1650,- EUR
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Benedikt CARPZOV the Younger (1595-1666); Christoph GEWOLD (also GEWALD or GEBOLDT) (1556-1621); FERDINAND II (1578-1637); (Johann Joachim Von RUSDORF) (1589-1640)

De Capitulatione Caesarea sive de lege regia germanorum tractatus Authore Benedicto Carpzovio, J.U.D. & Scabinatus Electoralis Lipsensis, Adsessore Bicurgicorum Metropoli (Erfurt, Duitsland) exscribebat Philippus Wittelius Impensis Joannis Birckneri Bibliopolae, 1623. II- De Sacr. Rom. Imperii Septem-viratu Commentarius A Christophoro Gewoldo IC An MDCXVI [1616] editus: nunc recognitus ab eodem, et auctus Ingolstadii Typis Wilhelmi Ederi, 1621. III- Justitia Caesarea imperialis, circa declarationem banni, contra Comitem Palatinum Electorem, & circa nuperam Executionem, contra captivos Pragenses. Clare demonstrata, adverariisque calumniatoribus directe opposita. No place and printer, 1622. IV- Deductio nullitatum: quibus proscriptionem in aula imperatoria contra electorem palatinum decretam, et in imperio evulgatam, scatere; et proinde nullius roboris, valoris, effectus aut considerationis esse; breviter probatur. Felix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum. No place and printer, 1621. 4 works in 1 volume, 4to (190x155); I- [8], 248 pp; 4, A-Z4, Aa-Gg4 (Gg3 erroneously numbered H3). II- [12], 248 (recte 242, some pp. misnumbered), [2] pp.; :)(:4, :)(: :)(:2, A-Z4, a-g4, h2. III- [8], 80 pp.; ):(4, A-K4. IV- 24 pp.; A-C4. I-Title within woodcut decorative frame, woodcut head-piece and initials. Ancient annotations on free leaf and title page, some marginal annotations and several underlining throughout. Old library stamp on free leaf and verso of title page. Small stain on pp. 49-52. Some very slight waterstain at the upper external corner of some pages. II- Engraved title page, lower margin folded. Woodcut head-pieces and initials. III- Decorative woodcut on title page, woodcut head-pieces and initial. Very light stain on lower margin of a few pages. IV- Small woodcut on title page, woodcut head-piece. All- Faintly browned throughout due to the paper quality; unobtrusive marginal stain on upper margin (ink or lamp oil?) from the second half of the first work to the end, never affecting the text. Binding in parchment with overlapping edges, from a medieval manuscript (liturgical notes and texts), handwritten labels (title and catalogue number) on spine. Two ties missing. A good copy.

Sachgebiete: Geschichte, Dreißigjähriger Krieg

1200,- EUR
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Jacques CASSINI (1677-1756)

Élements d’astronomie. Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1740. 4to; [76], xvj, [12], 643, [1] pp., 21 fold. plts engraved by Philippe Simonneau (1685- about 1753), several woodcut schematic illustrations, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut printer’s device on title-page. Cont. calf, a little worn, spine restored, Few pp. faintly browned, restoration on title-page not affecting text and woodcut. Very good copy.

Sachgebiete: Astronomie, Erstausgaben, Illustrierte Bücher

2200,- EUR
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Federico COMMANDINO (1509-1575), PAPPUS OF ALEXANDRIA (209 c. - 350 c.)

Federici Commandini Urbinatis mathematici celeberrimi exactisima Commentaria in libros octo mathematicarum collectionum Pappi Alexandrini e greco in latinum a se accuratissime conversos. Ad Serenissimum Franciscum Mariam II. Urbini Ducem. Pisauri, Apud Hieronymum Concordiam 1602 Large 4to (295x210); [3] (of 4, missing blank), 334 (recte 332) leaves. Signature: 3 (missing 4, blank), A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Oooo4. Several leaves misnumbered, leaf 66 printed after leaf 67. Large woodcut on title page, woodcut diagrams on almost every page. XIXth century half-morocco, spine gilt, edges gilt. Fine copy.

Sachgebiete: Mathematik

3300,- EUR
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Valerius CORDUS (1515 - 1544)

Valerij Cordi Dispensatorium, sive Pharmacorum conficiendorum ratio, a Petro Coudebergo pharmacopoeo Antuerpiano, plus quadrigentis erroribus liberata atque vindicata: adjecto Valerij Cordi novo libello, aliisque paucis post praefationes annotatis. Antuerpiae, Christophori Plantini, 1568 (Antuerpiae, excudebat Chrisptophorus Plantinus, 1568 mense Maio). 16mo; [32], 429, [3] pp.; sign.: *-**8, A-A8, a-d8 (last leaf blank). Nice copy, preserving a neatly preserved 17th-century vellum binding.

Sachgebiete: Pharmazie

1200,- EUR
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Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’ANVILLE (1697-1782)

Atlas de géographie ancienne, pour servir a l’intelligence des oeuvres de Rollin, gravé d’après les cartes originales de d’Anville A Paris, chez Ledoux et Tenré, de l’imprimerie de Didot le Jeune, 1818 Folio (350x280); [2] leaves (Title page and index), 27 double-page engraved maps, [5] double-page engraved maps. Contemporary boards. First 2 leaves slightly foxed; light waterstain throughout, darker through the end. A reasonable copy.

Sachgebiete: Atlanten, Geschichte

2200,- EUR
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Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron RAIS D' EISENBERG (ca. 1700 - ca. 1770)

La perfezione e i difetti del cavallo opera del Barone d’Eisenberg direttore e primo cavallerizzo dell’accademia di Pisa dedicata alla Sacra Cesarea Real Maestà dell’Augustissimo Potentissimo Invittissimo Imperatore Francesco I. Duca di Lorena e di Bar ec. Granduca di Toscana ec. ec. ec. In Firenze nella Stamperia Imperiale 1753 Folio (426x281); [2] leaves, CXLIII pp., engraved frontispiece and 23 engraved plates (1 folding). Text in Italian and French. Frontispice and plates engraved by Carlo Gregori (1702-1759), title page printed in red and black. Contemporary half vellum, handwritten title on spine. Very fine copy on large paper, the largest copy in the market.

Sachgebiete: Erstausgaben, Hippologie, Pferde, Illustrierte Bücher

4500,- EUR
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Charles-Louis François FOSSE (1734-1812)

Idées d’un militaire pour la disposition des troupes confiées aux jeunes officiers dans la défense et l’attaque des petits postes. Dédié à M. Le Duc de Chatelet. De l’Imprimerie de Franç. Amb. Didot l’Ainé. A Paris, chez Alexandre Jombert Jeune, 1783. Large 4to (305x225); [14], 116, 60 pp. 11 folding colour-printed engraved plates (each one hinged to the upper margin of the relevant caption leaf, as issued), [2] pp. (approbation and imprimatur). Engraved printer’s device on title page, signed Millier sculpt 1782, large coloured coat-of-arms of the Duc de Chatelet on third leaf. Plates signed Gravé par Louis Marin Bonnet premier Graveur dans ce genre, plate III also dated 1781. Contemporary half-calf with corners, gilt title on spine. Unobtrusive stain on external margin of few leaves. Fine, uncut copy on large and strong paper.

Sachgebiete: Erstausgaben, Illustrierte Bücher, Militaria

2300,- EUR
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Giovanni GIARDINI (1646-1721), Maximilian Joseph LIMPACH (active in the early 18th century)

Promptuarium artis argentariae ex quo, centum exquisito studio inventis, delineatis, ac in aere incisis tabulis propositis ... invenit et delineavit Joannes Giardini ac in duas partes distribuit. Pars Prima - Altera Roma, Sumptibus Fausti Amidei Bibliopolae, 1750 2 parts in 1 volume, folio (410x270); 2 title pages, 101 engraved plates, 98 of which depicting different kind of richly decorated silverware; the 3 other plates are an allegorical engraved frontispiece with papal coat-of-arms and cartouche “Sanct.mo D.N. D. Clementi XI P.O.M. Bonarum artium restitutori” and an engraved dedication to the pope in the first part and the decication to the Accademia in the second part, both dedications signed by Giovanni Giardini. Plate n. 48 is present in 2 variants (with and without papal coat-of-arms), the second one bound at the end of the second volume. Large engraved vignette on both title pages (repeated). Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt. Spine and part of both covers restored. First pages unobtrusive worm hole on inner upper corner, never affecting the engravings, about 6 pages of the second part small stain on inner margin, never affecting the engraving. Drawing by the author, engraving by Maximilian Joseph Limpack. A beautiful copy, on heavy paper from the paper mill “Rev. Cartiera Apostolica”.

Sachgebiete: Design, Illustrierte Bücher

2600,- EUR
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Gaetano GIARRÈ (fl. c. 1740-1811)

Alfabeto di lettere iniziali adorno di aniumali e proseguito da vaga serie di caratteri. In Firennze, appresso Giovanni Moro, 1797. Folio (403x250); 25 leaves (engravede frontispiece, illustrated with decorative border adorned by animals and floral friezes, and 24 engraved plates). Contemporary half-calf. Unimportant foxing. Beautiful copy on very large paper (about 5 cm larger then copies in public libraries and recently offered in auctions).

Sachgebiete: Kalligraphie, Erstausgaben, Illustrierte Bücher

3000,- EUR
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Carl Gustav Jacob JACOBI (1804 - 1851)

Canon arithmeticus, sive Tabulae quibus exhibentur pro singulis numeris primis vel primorum potestatibus infra 1000 numeri ad datos indices et indices ad datos numeros pertinentes. Berolini, typis academicis, 1839. 4to, XL, 248 pp.; sign.: a-e4, 1-314. Original bluette wrappers, Handwritten title-piece on spine. Well-preserved copy on large paper.

Sachgebiete: Erstausgaben, Mathematik

450,- EUR
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LEOPOLD VI, Duke of Austria (1176-1230)

Compilatio Leupoldi ducatus Austrie filij de astrorum scientia decem continens tractatus. Auguste Vindelicorum : Erhardi Ratdolt, quinto ydus Ianuarij [9 January 1489]. 4to (202 x 158); [110] leaves, last blank, signatures: a-n⁸ o⁶: 40 lines to a page; types 4:76G and 9:130G, two Roman fonts. Densely illustrated, with full-page woodcut illustration of an armillary sphere, 35 large woodcuts representing the gods and constellations, 1/3-page illustrations of the 12 signs of the zodiac (plus a smaller series repeated three times), 54 half-page astronomical diagrams, of which 2 are printed in red and black. 20th century brown calf, richly blind-tooled binding, in the style of the 16th century. An extremely fine and fresh copy on crisp paper.

Sachgebiete: Astronomie, Erstausgaben, Illustrierte Bücher, Inkunabeln

15000,- EUR
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Anton Lazzaro MORO (1687-1764)

De’ Crostacei e degli altri marini corpi che si trovano su’ monti Libri due Di ANton Lazzaro Moro. Venezia, Appresso Stefano Monti, 1740. 4to (271x192); [16], 452 pp. 8 engraved plates. Engraved vignette on title page, initials and tail-pieces. Contemporary vellum, gilt title-piece on spine, marbled edges. Very fine copy on large and crisp paper.

Sachgebiete: Erstausgaben, Illustrierte Bücher, Paläontologie

2000,- EUR
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Sebastian MÜNSTER (1488-1552)

Kalendariu[m] Hebraicum, opera Sebastiani Munsteri ex Hebraeorum penetralibus iam rece[n]s in lucem aeditum: quo no[n] tam Hebraice studiosis quam Historiographis & Astronomiae peritis subservire poterit. Basilease Apud Io. Frob. 1527 4to (200x140); [8], 200, [14] (of 16) pp., missing colophon. Signature: a-z4, A-D4, E3 (missing E4, colophon). Quire A (pp. 177-184) bound upside-down. Woodcut printer’s device on title page, woodcut initials, 2 woodcut folding plates, large - full-page woodcuts illustrations. The illustrations on the last 14 pp. depict lunar eclipses, the last one (front of E3) are empty, possibly to be filled with future eclipses. Title and text in Latin and Hebrew. Stamp on title page and last page Ex Bibl Ios Ren Card Imperialis; two other stamps on last page, in Russian. Contemporary vellum. Upper margin of first few pages browned and brittle. The missing colophon, with the printer’s device (repeated) is replaced by a skillfully made facsimile. Very good copy.

Sachgebiete: Astronomie, Kalender, Erstausgaben, Judaica

4900,- EUR
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PAUL OF AEGINA (c. 625 - c. 690); Otto BRUNFELS (about 1488-1534); Guillaume COP (also WILHELM KOPP and Gulielmus COPUS) (ABOUT 1460-1532)

Pauli Aeginatae pharmaca simplicia, Othone Brunfelfio interprete. Idem de ratione victus Gulielmo Copo Basiliensi interprete. In Paulum Aeginatam de Simplicibus, iuxta ac de Ratione Victus, Index tum utilis, tum necessarius. (Colophon: Argentorati excudebat Georgius Ulricher Andlanus, anno MDXXXI Mense sept.) (Strasbourg, 1531) 8vo (150x100); [12], 86, [2] leaves (first of which blank); A12, B-M8 (M7 blank). Woodcut initials, printer’s device on title page repeated on last leaf. Later vellum, edges red. Annotation in an ancient hand on title page, printed exlibris on paste down (Nathan Geyde). Very fine copy.

Sachgebiete: Botanik, Medizin, Pharmazie

2300,- EUR
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Jean François LE PETIT (1546 c.-after 1615)

La grande chronique ancienne et moderne, de Hollande, Zelande, VVest-Frise, Utrecht, Frise, Overijssel & Groningen, jusques à la fin de l’An 1600. Receüillee tant des histoires desdites Provinces, que de divers autres Auteurs, par Iean François Le Petit, Greffier de Bethune en Arthois. Tome Premier. A Dordrecht, De l’impression de Iacob Canin, pour l’Auteur, 1601. Tome Second. A Dordrecht, De l’Impression de Guillaume Guillemot, 1601 Small folio (350x250). I vol: [22], 650 (recte 654), 240 (but 242, + 4 pp. repeated), [18] pp. Signature: *8, 3, A5, B-Z8, Aa-Rr8, Ss10, aaa1, Aaa-Ppp8, A8, B1. Engraved title, engraved portrait of the author, 40 engraved portraits (1-32 numbered, 33-40 unnumbered or misnumbered); woodcut initials. Index bound at the end of the volume (sometimes is found bound at the beginning). Several pages misnumbered, several mistakes in the catchwords, some due to lines printed twice or not printed. Pp. 3-4 and 13-14 of the second part present twice. So many misprints actually (see appendix of a full list and a comparison with digitized copies), to fully justify the choice to entrust the second volume to a different printer. From a comparison with the digitized copies it appears that some typos have been corrected in the latter, suggesting that the present copy was among the first printed, before the corrections; this would also correspond to our hypothesis regarding portrait no. 4 (see below). II vol.: [16], 799 (recte 800), [16] pp. Signature: *8, A-Z8, Aa-Zz8, Aaa-Bbb8, Ccc10, Ddd8. Engraved title, 17 unnumbered engravings (16 portraits and an allegorical depiction of the States General). Added 21 (mainly double-page, some folding) engraved plates, on verso of each, in an ancient hand, is given at which page they must be inserted. Some pages misnumbered. Last line of the right column on p. 154 missing, printed on a separate strip of paper and added in place; two variant of the corrections are known, the present one has the word vouloyent correctly spelled: “A la fin de la 2e col. de la page 154 de ce vol. une ligne d’impression a été omise. Cette ligne, contenant les mots: “leur vouloyent promettre asseurance cõtre”y a été ajoutée plus tard, au moyen d’une bande de papier collée sur le feuillet. Dans quelques exemplaires cette bande porte “youloyent” au lieu de “vouloyent”, et d’autres n’ont pas cette correction, probablement parce que la bande c’est détachée” (Bibliotheca Belgica). All but one (last portrait of the 1st vol.) are signed by Christoffel van Sichem. The additional plates depict battles and sieges scenes and are mainly unsigned, with the following exceptions: one has the monogram P. b (Pieter Bast) F, one is signed BDoland sculp. Hen L. Haesteius execud and one is signed P. Bast F. Richly illustrated work, with the portrait of the relevant historical characters, not only Dutch, but also of importance for Dutch history: among others the well known portrait of Elisabeth I, of the count of Leicester and of Alexandre Farnese duc of Parma. All the illustrations are beautifully hand-coloured and, delicately enhanced in gold, adding an extra charm to an already interesting work. The further additions, that will be discussed later, make this copy exceptional. ... Very attractive later gilt-tooled green calf, gilt decorations and title-pieces on spine, a truly fine copy.

Sachgebiete: Geschichte, Illustrierte Bücher

55000,- EUR
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Aeneas Sylvius PICCOLOMINI (PIUS II, PAPA) (1405-1464)

Dialogus de Somnio .Romae, Johannes Schurener, de Bopardia, 11 September 1475. Small folio (293 x 210), 54 leaves (first blank), sign: a10, b-e8, f-g6. 37 lines to a page Type 1.:101R. Recased using a fascinating 15th century manuscript fragment, four-ribs spine covered by ancient vellum. Scattered underscoring, maniculae and marginal notes by ancient hands, minimal traces of use, the last leaf strengthened on internal blank margin. A very large, crisp and fine copy.

Sachgebiete: Erstausgaben, Inkunabeln, Literatur bis ca. 1900

14000,- EUR
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Emer DE VATTEL (1714-1767)

Le droit de gens ou principes de la loi naturelle, appliqués à la conduite & aux affaires des Nations & des Souverains, par M. de Vattel. Tome I - II. A Londres, 1758 2 parts in 1 volume, 4to (260x200); XXV, [26], 541, [1] pp.; [20], 355, [1] pp.. Signature: )(1-4,)(1-4, )(1-4, a-c1-4 (a1 misnumbered )((1)), d1-2, A-Z1-4, Aa-Zz1-4, Aaa-Xxx1-4, Yyy1-3; a-b1-4, c1-2, A-Z1-4, AaZz1-4, Aaa1-4. Woodcut printer’s device on both title pages (repeated, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Contemporary mottled calf, spine and covers edges gilt. Corners bumped, top and end of spine damaged, covers somewhat worn. Content very fine.

Sachgebiete: Jura

2200,- EUR
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Christian WOLLF (1679-1754)

Compendium elementorum chronologiae in usum studiosae juventutis adornatum a Christiano Wolffio No place, no printer, no date. 8vo (190x175); 31, [1] pag., signature a-b1-8. Entirely interleaved with blank leaves, old handwritten annotation on the first only. Contemporary wrappers. Handwritten title on front cover. Very fine copy.

650,- EUR
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